Alex Aranburu

81. The Return to Spain will be played between 22 August and 13 September and will begin in Monaco and end in Granada. The race can be followed daily by sports eitb.eus and ETB.

Eritrean Natnael Tesfatsion (Movistar) has prevailed on the 2026 Getxo Circuit. The winner has been decided in the tight sprint of the last few meters and several Basque cyclists have competed for the race. In the finish, Tesfatsion has been the fastest, with Pau Miquel (Bahrain) second and Alex Aranburu (Cofidis) third.

A little more than 172 kilometers of route, as a novelty, will climb Mount Pike twice. Last year Isaac del Toro was the winner. This year, among others, Igor Arrieta, Alex Aranburu, Ion Izagirre and Pello Bilbao will take the exit.

The sixth stage of the Tour de France accumulates 3,950 meters of level and five mountain ports. Cyclists will reach 1,825 in Orcieres-Merlett.

Aranburu got into the getaway of the day, along with his teammate Ion Izagirre.

Lasterketako hogeigarren etapa, uztailaren 25ean, larunbatean, jokatuko dena, Frantziako Tourraren 113. edizio honetako etaparik desiratuenetako bat da. Alpe d’Huez mitikoan amaitzen da, eta Frantziako Tourra irabazteko azken aukera da.

Frantziako lasterketaren hemeretzigarren etapak lau mendate puntuagarri ditu, baina aipamen berezia merezi duena Alpe d’Huez mitikoa da. Bertan amaitzen da etapa.

In the sixth stage, the Tour de France runs through the mythical Pyrenean port and, as usual, thousands of fans are waiting for the cyclists, many of whom have arrived from Euskal Herria.

Igoera, jaitsiera eta ordeka tarteak konbinatzen dituen banakako erlojupekoa da, eta, ziurrenik, Leman aintziraren eta inguruko mendien artean ikuskizun zirraragarria eskainiko du. Ibilbideak 500 metroko desnibel positiboa du. Txirrindulariek Cote de Larringes, bigarren mailako mendatea, gainditu beharko dute.

The heat and speed of the UAE team have led Alex Aranburu (Cofidis) and Xabier Mikel Azparren (Q36.5) to point out that the third stage of the Tour de France has been a very tough one.

The presentation of the 2026 Tour de France was held this afternoon in Barcelona, where the 23 teams participating in the race were presented, including the Caja Rural, and representatives of Basque cycling such as Ion Izagirre, Alex Aranburu and Xabier Mikel Azparren were also present.

The 113th edition of the race will take place from 4 to 26 July in Barcelona and end in Paris, with the participation of 23 teams and 184 runners, including Caja Rural-Seguros RGA and Ion Izagirre, Alex Aranburu and Xabier Mikel Azparren.

In addition to the two Guipuzcoans, the Cofidis will be made up of Milan Fretin, Jenthe Biermans, Piet Allegaert, Benjamin Thomas, Hugo Page and Alex Kirsch.

It is a mountainous day of seven punctuable ports, very hard and capable of breaking legs.

Frantziako Tourreko seigarren etapak 3.978 metroko desnibela eta bost mendate pilatzen ditu, horien artean Tourmalet klasikoa.

Etapa hau Katalunian jokatuko da oso-osorik. Tarragonan hasiko da, lehenengoz ikusiko du hiriak aurten Frantziako Tourra.

The Grand Depart of the race will be a 19.6-kilometer team time counter in the Catalan capital. The initial tour will benefit the team strength, but the final stage will be decided by two climbs to the Montjuïc Olympic Stadium.

The 113th Tour de France, which will take place between 4 and 26 July, will begin in Barcelona and end in Paris and will be broadcast on sports eitb.eus and ETB.

Alex Aranburu has had the victory in the Return to Belgium, but in the last stage the Belgian Jasper Philipsen has taken the lead. The Alpecin cyclist has won the sprint in Hoeilaart, allowing him to take the overall ranking.

Olav Kooij beat Begijnendijk-Betekom and Aarschot in the fourth stage of the race.